Speaker summary
⁠52%5 analyzed articles/videos203 analyzed words
BS Summary: These James Lankford results contain 18 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Ambiguity (Equivocation), and Hasty Generalization, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 30.2% saturation with 101 hits. Analysis detected 571.425 faulty-reasoning hits from 203 analyzed words across 5 articles, generating a BS Score of 11.2% and a BS Rank of ⁠14% (24,391 of 28,364 speakers). This James Lankford is better (less manipulative) than 86.00% of the peer group.
James Lankford

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

14% percentile
025507510014.0% percentile
11.2% BS Score5 analyzed videos203 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 16.2%16.2%Personal IncredulitySitewide 0.2%Speaker 12.4%12.4%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 30.2%30.2%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 16.2%16.2%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 7.5%7.5%Recency BiasSitewide 2.7%Speaker 9.7%9.7%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Speaker 11.4%11.4%Politically Right Leaning…Sitewide 1.4%Speaker 8.1%8.1%Genetic FallacySitewide 1.4%Speaker 8.1%8.1%Status Quo BiasSitewide 2.2%Speaker 7.5%7.5%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%10%10%20%20%30%30%40%40%50%50%Framing Effect: Speaker 30.7%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Speaker 30.2%, sitewide 19.2%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 16.2%, sitewide 0.8%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 16.2%, sitewide 8.1%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 11.7%, sitewide 15.9%Personal Incredulity: Speaker 12.4%, sitewide 0.2%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 11.4%, sitewide 4.6%Recency Bias: Speaker 9.7%, sitewide 2.7%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 8.1%, sitewide 7.5%Genetic Fallacy: Speaker 8.1%, sitewide 1.4%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Speaker 8.1%, sitewide 1.4%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 7.5%, sitewide 0.0%Status Quo Bias: Speaker 7.5%, sitewide 2.2%Optimism Bias: Speaker 6.0%, sitewide 6.0%Representativeness Heuristic: Speaker 6.0%, sitewide 1.9%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 2.7%, sitewide 5.3%Primacy Effect: Speaker 5.1%, sitewide 0.9%Blind-Spot Bias: Speaker 3.9%, sitewide 0.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos